Cell Phones

As far as I know, Iowa does not have any laws regarding cell phones. I do not think that Iowa should change or create laws to monitor cell phone usage. Talking on a cell phone, to me, is no different than smoking while driving. A person will have just as much distraction smoking as they wouldtexting on a phone. Talking on a cell phone while driving, I think, can be very important. We use cell phones while we drive to get directions. It is easy to talk to a person and have them describe where they are at, than to have him pull over every other mile and get get new directions. Also when a person is driving late at night. They may only be a few miles from home, but they could be super tired. I have done this before, call a person and have them talk to you until you get home. It keeps you awake. So in this case, talking on a cell phone while driving could be life saving. It could keep a person awake, that way they do not drive into a ditch because they fell asleep at the wheel a few miles from home.

To keep Iowa safe, I think that cell phones could be made safer to use. Hands free is an alternative. Even though statistics state that using hands free is just as distracting as holding a phone, it is still safer. A person still has the ability to use both hands to drive, that way they can correct or make a turn with both hands.

I do not see how the state could really regulate a person's use of a cell phone while driving. How could a police officer really know if a person is talking on the phone using hands-free? That driver could be singing in the car. Or how could a police officer know that a person istexting? Maybe that driver is trying to look at a map or type a destination in their GPS?

All in all I can see how less cell phone usage while driving can promote safer driving, however, I do not see how the state can really regulate the usage of it.